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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
enum { BUFFERSIZE = 32 };
 
void func(void) {
  char buf[BUFFERSIZE];
  int ch;

  if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin)) {
    /* fgets() succeeded; scan for newline character */
    char *p = strchr(buf, '\n');
    if (p) {
      *p = '\0';
    } else {
      /* Newline not found; flush stdin to end of line */
      while (((ch = getchar()) != '\n' && ch != EOF)
        ;
      if (ch == EOF && !feof(stdin) && !ferror(stdin)) {
          /* Character resembles EOF; handle error */ 
      }
    }
  } else {
    /* fgets() failed; handle error */
  }
}

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
 
void func(void) {
  int ch;
  size_t buffer_size = 32;
  char *buffer = malloc(buffer_size);
 
  if (!buffer) {
    /* Handle error */
    return;
  }

  if ((ssize_t size = getline(&buffer, &buffer_size, stdin))
        == -1) {
    /* Handle error */
  } else {
    char *p = strchr(buffer, '\n');
    if (p) {
      *p = '\0';
    } else {
      /* Newline not found; flush stdin to end of line */
      while (((ch = getchar()) != '\n' && ch != EOF)
	    ;
	  if (ch == EOF && !feof(stdin) && !ferror(stdin)) {
         /* Character resembles EOF; handle error */
      }
    }
  }
  free (buffer);
}